Ch. 2 – Slavery and Early Black Canadian Writing

A List of Supplemental Links to Chapter 2

2.1. SLAVERY AND EARLY TESTIMONY IN NEW FRANCE 43

 

2.2. WRITING AND READING CARLETON’S “BOOK OF NEGROES” 47

The War of Independence and the Provisions for Peace 47

Negotiating Freedom: The “Cases” in the “Book of Negroes” 49

Incomplete Life Stories: The Inspection Roll 54

 

2.3. EARLY BLACK NARRATIVES, NOVA SCOTIA, AND MODERNITY 62

The Black Nova Scotian Accounts of John Marrant, Boston King, and David George 62

African Diaspora, Nova Scotia, and Modernity 73